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The Army, in preparation for the war in Europe, withdrew the Battalion from the organized reserves and assigned it to the Army of the United States on 15 August 1942, once more reorganizing and redesignating the unit, this time as the 326th Airborne Medical Company. Along with the rest of the division, the company was inactivated on 30 November ...
Joseph D. Leitch (March 8, 1864 – October 26, 1938) was a career officer in the United States Army.. A veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, United States occupation of Veracruz, World War I, and North Russia intervention, he attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star Italian ...
Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history formerly based in Oxford.Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare.
The 114th Engineers, 39th Division, were transferred to the I Army Corps in France. The 114th Engineers laid railroad tracks and built bridges for the I Army Corps during the Meuse-Argonne drive. [45] [46] Some of the division's machine gun battalions began training for a new role when they were re-designated as Anti Aircraft Machine Gun ...
Colonel Burton Curtis Andrus Sr. (April 15, 1892 – February 1, 1977) was a career U.S. Army officer who served from 1917 through 1952. He was an armor officer for most of his career and his most noted assignment was as the commandant of the Nuremberg Prison which housed the accused during the Nuremberg Trials after World War II.
After Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne was released July 2003 a professional competitive gaming scene supporting the game developed in South Korea. Jang Jae-ho quickly rose to become one of the most prominent players in this scene, winning his first big tournament by beating Chun "Sweet" Jung Hee in the finals of televised league MBC Sonokong Prime League II in 2003.
Operation Storm-333 (Russian: Шторм-333, Štorm-333) was a military raid executed by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan on 27 December 1979. Special forces and airborne troops stormed the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace in Kabul and assassinated Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, a Khalqist of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who had taken power in the Saur Revolution of April ...